garter
To fasten with a garterTo fasten with a garter
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» It turns out that house is infested with garter snakes. They're everywhere.
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2 senses(transitive)To fasten with a garter
fasten with or as if with a garter
(intransitive)To wear a garter
Examples
12 sentencesIt turns out that house is infested with garter snakes. They're everywhere.
We found out that the house is infested with garter snakes. They're everywhere.
It turns out that that house is infested with garter snakes. They're everywhere.
We discovered that house is infested with garter snakes. They're all over the place!
If you ever want to catch a garter snake as a pet, bring it to the vet.
Якщо ви коли-небудь захочете зловити підв’язкову змію як домашнього улюбленця, віднесіть її до ветеринара. — Ahha
Origin
From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compaFrom Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“calf, shank”) (compare Cornish gar, Cornish gar,Middle Welsh garr, Old Irish gairr). Cognate with French jarretière.
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Forms
garters, gartering, gartered, garteredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- garter snakes snakes
- infested with garter
- with garter snakes
- garter snakes
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.